Oberhausen awards announced

The 2006 Oberhausen International Short Film Festival has awarded the following films:

International Competition

• Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen
  N12°13.062'/W001°32.619' Extended
  Director: Vincent Meessen (Belgium/Burkina Faso)
• Principal Prize
  Toi, Waguih
  Director: Namir Abdel Messeeh (France)
• Principal Prize
  Civil Status
  Director: Alina Rudnitskaya (Russia)
• ARTE Prize for a European Short Film
  Casio, Seiko, Sheraton, Toyota, Mars
  Director: Sean Snyder (Germany)
• Special Mention of the international Jury
  El crucero
  Director: Juan Carlos Rulfo (Mexico)
• Special Mention of the international Jury
  Me First
  Director: Wiliam Owusu (Kenya)
• Special Mention of the international Jury
  Two Women and a Man
  Director: Roee Rosen (Israel)
• Special Mention of the international Jury
  Zakaria
  Director: Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio (Italy)
• Prize of the Jury of the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
  City Scenes
  Director: Zhao Liang (China)
• Special Mention of the Jury of the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
  Rugby Boyz
  Director: Khavn de la Cruz (Philippines)
• Prize of the Jury of FIPRESCI (Jury of International Film Critics)
  Toi, Waguih
  Director: Namir Abdel Messeeh (France)
• Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
  Me First
  Director: William Owusu (Kenya)
• Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury
  Civil Status
  Director: Alina Rudnitskaya (Russia)
• Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury
  A Moment of Love
  Director: James Lee (Malaysia)
• Prize of the Cinema Jury
  Zakaria
  Director: Gianluca & Massimiliano De Serio (Italy)
• Special Mention of the Cinema Jury
  Kein Platz für Gerold
  Director: Daniel Nocke (Germany)
• Prize of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
  Hanne
  Director: Éva Magyarósi

German Competition

• Prize for the Best Contribution to the German Competition
  Rien du toutD
  Director: Maya Schweizer, Clemens von Wedemeyer (Germany)
• Promotional Award for a work with a particulary innovative approach
  o.T.
  Director: Anna Berger (Germany)
• Special Mention of the Jury of the German Competition
  Gut möglich, dass ich fliegen kann
  Director: Anna Doose (Germany)

Kids and Youth Competition

• Prize of the Children Jury
  Maré Capoeira
  Director: Paoloa Barreto Leblanc (Brazil)
• Special Mention of the Children Jury
  Big Girl
  Director: Renuka Jeyapalan (Canada)
• Prize of the Youth Jury
  Pandasyndromet
  Director: Rune Schjøtt (Denmark)
• Special Mention of the Youth Jury
  Basti
  Director: Ralf Beckert, Chris Rubino (Germany)
• Special Mention of the Youth Jury
  The First Day of My Life
  Director: David Uloth (Canada)